The new health center in Las Chapas will have an additional doctor, nurse, and therapist following its expansion.

A few days ago, the Las Chapas health center began operating, which was officially inaugurated today by the Health Minister of the Andalusian Regional Government, Rocío Hernández, and the Mayor of Marbella, Ángeles Muñoz. "This clinic will serve 12,500 residents of the area and will have a double team of doctor, nurse, pediatrician, and administrative assistant, which will be followed by the addition of another team with a doctor, nurse, and an occupational therapist after the summer," stated the regional leader, who thanked the City Council for their effort to carry out this infrastructure. Thus, as pointed out by the regional administration, this health space is indeed linked to an expansion with an increase in staff.

"This is yet another example of this Government's commitment to public health across the territory, and specifically with Málaga, a province that was under-equipped and where an investment of approximately 330 million euros has been made," Hernández specified.

Among the advantages of this upgrade is also the fact that many residents who had to travel to Las Albarizas for services such as pediatrics, will now be able to receive them at this location. "We have moved from a clinic of just 100 square meters, located in the facilities of the Deputy Mayor's Office, to a facility five times larger, with capacity for growth and with specialties that could not previously be offered," highlighted the mayor.

Regarding the investment, it is noteworthy that it amounted to 1.2 million euros funded by the local administration as well as about 200,000 euros contributed by the Regional Government for the full equipment of the clinic. "It is a great satisfaction to respond to the demands of our residents and to provide modern and quality infrastructure in the health sector," asserted the mayor, who advanced that "the center was built on a single floor with the aim that it can be expanded in the future if necessary due to the ratio."

Features

The infrastructure has allowed to multiply by five the surface of the old clinic up to 527 square meters. Thus, 12 consultations and five waiting rooms have been set up.

Thus, the new facilities, which extend over 527 square meters, are designed to offer comprehensive and quality care. They include a total of 12 clinical consultations, a health education room, and a specific office for the Health Protection Unit. In detail, the clinical consultations are distributed in four family medicine consultations, four nursing consultations, one pediatric consultation, one non-deferrable consultation, an extraction room, and a nursing room for common uses. The center is on a single floor, although the complementary infrastructure for connection and integration with existing public spaces and services foresees the possibility of future expansions. The new facilities in Las Chapas also include a space for the midwife and another for maternal education.

The pedestrian access is independent from the vehicle access, and 18 parking spaces have been enabled, which together with those of the adjacent plot, total 36 parking spaces.

With the launch of this facility in Las Chapas, the first of the three new health centers that are waiting to open their doors in Marbella comes into service. One of them, related to Ricardo Soriano, has the capacity to serve 23,000 residents and the other, in Las Albarizas, located on Pablo Ráez Boulevard, has a useful area of 501 square meters.

On the other hand, there is a fourth health center being executed in Nueva Andalucía by the City Council, which will add to the Marbella health map an area of 400 square meters that will join the 300 square meters of the current clinic, featuring more than a dozen spaces, among others, for pediatric, nursing, and family planning consultations.